Snap-fastener socket.



E. D. SIMONS.

SNAP FASTENER SOCKET. APPLICATION FILED APR. 24. m5.

Patented Aug. 1, 19H).

. Be it known that I, ERNEST citizen of the United being spoiled, or,

beyond their TED STATE orr cn.

En'NEs'r D. 'srmons, or WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT,

or WATEBBUBY, connnc'rxcu'r, A conrons'r on or CON- I rAcrunme COMPANY, nncrxcu'r.

Toall whom it may concern:

I). Snuonena. States, residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Snap- Fastener Sockets, of which the following is a full, clear, and. exact description.

The object of this invention is to prov de a spring socket for snap ,fasteners with means for preventing the snap action'from in other words, for guarding the spring elements from being sprung elastic limit or otherwise deformed or unduly strained.

The invention consists of a spring socket member. having a base flange formed of portions of the spring elements extended out laterally from the stud-receiving portion and inclosed with a loosely-fitting inelastic rimpiece, which will prevent the spoiling of the snap article, and .will effectually guard against action in setting the socket upon an undue spreading of the base flange under strain of the stud and insure against exceeding the elastic limit of the socket While permitting the necessary resilient action of the socket in connection with its engagement with, retention of and separation from the proceed now stud and will aflord an extended surface between which and the fastener the article on which the socket is set is gripped, as I will to explain and finally claim. 1 The invention is herein illustrated and explained in connection with the type or style shown in Patent No. 757 ,196, dated April-12, 1904, and having a common owner, is applicableto other-styles of resilient sockets.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the several figures of which. like partsare similarly designated,

Figure 1 is atop plan view, and Fi 2 is an inverted-plan view of the socket. ig. 3 is a cross-section of the socket without the rimpiece, and Fig. 4; is a similar view with the rim-piece. Fig. 5 is a cross-section showing the socket set.

The socket comprises a hollow portion 1 and a flange 2 divided by four, moreor less,

' slits 3, which extend radially from within 1 ing. the socket the portion 1 through the, flange, thus dividinto a number of spring elements which yield to permit engagement Specification of Letters Patent.

' avoid this defect,

rim piece may comprise although the invention the rim-piece with AssIeNon 'ro SGOVILL manu- SNAP-FASTENER SOCKET.

Patented Augu l, 1916.

.1915. sem m. 23,601.

with and disengagement from the complemental stud orhead member of the snap fastener and contract about the stud member when it has entered the hollow to insure the engagement of the socket and stud. Such a socket is usually attached to a garment or article by placing it on one side and then inserting a suitable fastener 4 from the other side through a hole in the article and an opening 5 in the hollow portion and clenching it inside the hollow portion, as seen in Fig. 5. The flange engages the article on one side or the inner side, and the head of the fastener engages it upon the opposite, side or outside, and the article is clamped between the two so that the socket is firmly fixed to the article. Sometimes when the socket is thus fixed or set upon thin material especially, it-will open along the lines of its slits sufliciently 'to spoil the snap action, or, in other words, destroy or seriously impairfts resiliency. In order to I inclose the flange with a rim-piece 6 of inelastic material and of greater diameter than the flange and fitted loosely thereon so as spread of the spring elements of the socket without impairing their resiliency or exceeding the elastic limit of the socket. This the collar portion 7 encircling the hollow portion of the socket near its top and the flange portion 8 extending thence continuously over the upper portion of the flange to its periphery and over resiliency of the socket. This rim-piece thus prevents the undue spreading of the socket when used on'articles especially those made of thin material both in the act of settingthe socket and when in use. The engagement of the hollow portion'of the socket near its top prevents the undue spreading out of this hollow portion in the act of setting, and as will be seen by refer- Y ence to Fig. 5, this rim afl'ords an extended solid surface opposed to the under surface of the fastening. larged gripping surface uponthe article to which the socket s attached is obtained.

What I claim is 2- I 1. A snap fastener socket, having a hollow no portion to permit a restricted device 4 whereby an ent portion for receiving the complemental stud or head member, and a laterally projectingfiange, the hollow portion and flange slitted radiallyto render the socket resilient, and. a 5 loose-fitting. rim-piece encircling the hollow portion near its top portion and extending thence solidly to the flange and overlying said flange and inclosing the rim oftheflange, whereby the undue yielding of both 19 the hollow portion and the flange of the socket and their deformation are prevented and an enlarged surface for gripping the article onWhich the socket is set is provided.

2. A snap fastener socket, having a hollow 5 portion for receiving the complemental stud flange, the hollow portion and or head member, and a laterallg projecting angeslitted radially tore'nder-the socket resil'ent, and a loosesfitti'ng rim-piece encircling the hollow portion and extendingv thencecontinuously 2a overthe'top of the flange, about its rim and underneath the. flange and enou h larger than these parts to permit a limite resilient action of the flange.

In testimonywhereof I have hereunto set 25 my hand this 23d day of April A. D. 1915. ERNEST D. SIMONS.

Witnesses:

CHARLES FEHL,

G. F. HoDGEs. 

